LiViNg LiFe To ThE FuLLEsT!

Friday, August 10, 2012

It's amazing how things from your past suddenly pop up--and often they are good things. What astounds me is the clarity of the memory--and if it isn't clear at first, how amazing the mind is to find that 35 year old memory--

For me today it was Turkish Barley Buttermilk Soup--I couldn't remember how to make it, it's been years and years--I had the name of the book my mom originally had made it from, all I could remember was it had a planet on it--I just kept visualizing in my head that planet (whether it really has a planet or not it helped me come up with the title) Diet For A Small Planet!! I used to hate that book, mom was always sticking soybeans into everything...LOL

They have it on Kindle now, can ya believe it? SO yes, I downloaded it and also found the recipe online...so this weekend I am making it--my other question is I wonder if I can substitute Quinoa for the barley.....
Will add a picture after I actually make it--I am going to use my homemade yogurt as well in place of the buttermilk--see how it goes :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Later--I didn't have Barley or buttermilk so this is what I made :)

3/4 C Quinoa 1 large Onion Chopped ( I used a red one from my garden)Sautee Onion in oil as needed until golden, add quinoa, sautee for a minute or soThen add 5 Cups stock--Vegetable, Beef or Chicken whatever you preferCook for about 445 minutes or until the Quinoa is translucent in the middle and you can see the outer ring.Remove cover, let cool a little then add 2C non fat unflavored yogurt, stir in and add more stock if too thick. Spinkle in dill to taste, add butter if you wish.

Instructions:
In a food processor, blend together dates and water.
Add peanut butter and process until smooth, adding more water as needed.
Add Vi Shape, flaxseeds and salt and process to combine
thoroughly. Add apricot pieces and half of the Grape-Nuts. Pulse just
enough to incorporate them into the mixture.

Place a two-foot-long
piece of wax paper in an eight-by-eight-inch dish, with half of the wax
paper hanging over the edge. Pour mixture into dish. Use the wax paper
to press the mixture evenly in the pan. For best results, place in
freezer for one hour to firm. Cut into eight pieces. Roll each piece in
the remaining cereal to coat evenly. Wrap individually and refrigerate
or free

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

"Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road,
for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this
minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the
fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and
perhaps more interesting because of them."
Robert R. Updegraff
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I received this quote in my daily Bob Proctor
Insight Of The Day email. It served as an excellent reminder for me in
this early morning that I must be happy right where I am, the joys of
life are in the here and now, not in the "Someday I'll"...living in the
land of "Someday I'll" leads to frustration and defeat. Join me, today, this moment and live in the here and now!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

"The
capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent
on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting
individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as
he is of his own."

Eric Hoffer
1898-1983, Writer
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Reading
this quote this morning really convicted me--how often we approach our
outside worlds through the filters of our inside world--the feelings
inside us--about ourselves--color our perceptions of other people and
situations. These feelings then feed on one another and grow--being
intolerant of others' shortcomings that we see in ourselves causes us to
become even more angry--it is cyclic--some of us can easily turn the
anger inward at ourselves while others lash out at others and don't
appear to have the introspection needed to look within and make change.
Neither is an emotionally healthy place to be.

Change always begins with BEING, not DOING------
BE the person you want to become--
if you want love, BE loving
if you want peace, BE peaceful
if you want good friends, BE a good friend
if you want joy, BE joyful

and the list goes on---
this principle of life is so true---
who
when they are bitter and angry are happy? One can SAY they want to be
happy but unless they BE happy, happiness won't come to them.
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THOUGHTS lead to FEELINGS that lead to ACTION that lead to RESUTS

It all starts with what we think about--

Today, as I am,
ponder what results you have had in life--than be introspective, look
at how you really THINK about things--it really IS all in your head---it
all starts with how you think about things.....
Jm

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

What I forgot to mention was that I had a "staring down" contest with a Hershey Bar that I won!

What I love about the challenge is that it has given me a focus point--going public with my goals, my starting point, my day to day actions, gives me that accountability. Fail to plan, plan to fail, don't want to do that. 4 days down, 86 to go---